Acid-neutralizing agent

ABSTRACT

Acid-neutralizing agent contains substantial amount of calcium of an acid-neutralizing ability against various acid chemicals substance for humans, animals, agricultural produces, meat and poultry. And the method of producing the same are provided. An environmental friendly high speed and high press scraping treatment is applied to a calcium-containing substance represented by calcium carbonate-containing substances originating from shellfishes, to eliminate heavy metals and other contamination accumulated on the surface. A heating and baking treatment is applied separately to the different said shellfishes and calcium carbonate-containing minerals and charcoal of bamboo to the temperature and maintaining the temperature not less then the decompose point of each calcium component-containing substance, a sufficient time of heating and baking treatment from 3 hours up to 18 hours depend on materials treated. An ionization and stabilization process is applied to the decomposed calcium components substance in high temperature. A regular pulverizing process is applied to grind the said calcium-containing substance into 500 mesh sizes of powder. A Nano pulverizing process is applied to the said powder into sizes not larger then 18000000 mesh (size of Nano). A formulation process is applied to the different pulverized calcium containing powder in different percentage to formulas which suitable for different applications.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to an acid-neutralizing agent and themethods of producing the same. In particular, the present inventionrelates to an acid-neutralizing agent of an excellent acid-neutralizingability against various acids such as acidic fluid and blood in humanand animal body, chemical to grown produce such as pesticide, antibioticand growth hormone.

BACKGROUND

The modern-day lifestyle and diet commonly include having to deal withchemical pollutants in the air, food, drinks, radiation from TV,computers, cell phones and over time working stress, etc. These harmfulparticles and factors are causing human body's chemistry to becomeimbalanced and overly acidic, which can result in premature aging,decreased energy, and known slow disease like High Blood Pressure,Diabetes, even Cancers.

The factors that cause a human body's chemistry to become imbalanced andoverly acidic are:

1. Air to Breathe—There is no doubt that air pollution has created agreat impact to the modern world. Breathing the polluted air will damagea human body's health and make body fluid more and more acidic.

2. Water to Drink—A human body should consist a 70% of water whichinclude blood and body fluid and needs approximately 8 glasses of watera day to stay hydrated and function properly. However, the moderntechnologies of drinking water such as purified water and ReverseOsmosis Water filtered out all minerals, including minerals that willhelp to neutralize body acids. The water, by exposed to the air, usuallysoon turned acidic itself from neutral pH level of 7.0. Drinking thesetypes of water can only make a human body more acidic. Plus, modern lifestyle tends to include many beverages other than regular water,especially kids and teenagers. Most of the beverages available in themarket including juice, coffee, cokes and sodas, are extremely acidicwhich only make an already acidic body even worse.

3. Food to Eat—The conventionally grown fruits, vegetable, meat,poultry, even seafood constantly use chemical compounds such as chemicalfertilizer, pesticide, antibiotic and growth hormone to help them growfaster and be more appealing. It means, these chemical compounds are allacidic and stay inside and outside, practically everywhere, of the dailyfood that modern people intake, which leads to the result ofaccumulating harmful chemicals, that make a human body more and moreacidic.

4. Detergent to Clean—Not a lot of people know that 90% of allcommercial soap, shampoos contain Sodium Dodecylsulfate (SDS), SodiumLaureth Sulfate (SLES) and/or Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS) detergent thatcan be retained in tissues up to 5 days even after a single drop. Thesecommercial soaps and shampoos do their cleaning function well but theacidic chemicals inside are actually damaging the skin little by little.

5. Radiation and Stress—Modern lifestyles include exposure totechnologies like microwaves, TVs, computers and cell phones. Theradiation generated by these equipments is damaging human bodies in anun-seeable way. Plus, due to the living pac is much quicker in themodern societies. More and more people are living with heavier stresswhich also makes their bodies more and more acidic.

These harmful particles and factors are causing the human body'schemistry to become imbalanced and overly acidic, which can result inpremature aging, decreased energy, and known slow disease like HighBlood Pressure, Diabetes, even Cancers. One simple way resolving allthese issues is acid neutralizing.

At late 20th century, more and more people realize the importance of pHlevel balance to a human body. A healthy body's chemistry should be morealkaline, like 7.5, than acidic. Therefore, how to balance a body's pHlevel became the newest and most popular studies in all modern societiesand the demand of the related health products are dramaticallyincreased.

Acidic chemical compound agents have been applied in our daily lives asfood additives, to clean objects, kill germs and bacteria or to preventeffecting from viruses. These acidic chemical compound agents areharmful to human bodies, will generate dioxins and contaminatingenvironments. As examples, which have been used as a food additive infarming and fisheries or marine products industry, there are syntheticanti-bacteria agents, such as sulfamizin, carbadox, or the like, asskin, hair treatment or medicines for human and animals. However, somemust be strictly controlled, in particular, in residual value thereof tobe less than a standard value, from a view point of safety of foods andmedicine. Therefore, an acid-neutralizing agent made from naturalmaterials as ingredients, rather than agents of chemical compoundsmentioned above are required, in particular, in the fields of foods,water and beverages which have a possibility to be taken inside thehuman body through the mouth, and treat cleansing agents which have apossibility to absorbed by human body through skin.

In particular, acid-g agent made from natural materials containingsubstantial amount of calcium, such as shellfishes and minerals are whenabsorbed into the human body, is considered also to have an effect onpurification of water. Hereinafter, there are listed examples or casesnow in issue.

To produce said acid-neutralizing agent, preparing the said naturalmaterials in particular shellfishes, generally takes a lot of manpowerto wash and scrub, tending to elite the died body inside and heavy metalcontamination on the surface of shellfish due to environmentalpollutions, also takes a lot of time to dry after wash. These factorslimited the acid-neutralizing agents' production availability to complythe market demands.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the present invention which uses an environmentally friendlyhigh speed, high pressure scraping treatment can easily and efficientlyscratch off the contaminants on the surfaces of the shellfishes, whichreduced manpower, time of washing and time of drying, which increasesproduction efficiency to comply the increasing demand.

One aspect of the present invention includes a method for making animproved acid-neutralizing agent, wherein a Nano-pulverizing process isapplied to calcium containing sulks to yield a powder having nanometerparticle size of 0.001 um (18000000 mesh) or smaller, which is close tothe size of atom. In other words, the contact area of molecules betweenthe acid-neutralizing agent and the acid chemical compound is increased.Therefore, it is possible to obtain a more excellent acid-neutralizingeffect. The traditional pulverizing technologies which pulverize calciumcomponent-containing substances normally to the micron size of 1 um(18000 mesh) the maximum. Which calcium carbonate and collagen are stillcombined and sty in bigger molecule state. Therefore, even the moleculecontains amino acids, the absorption to a human body can only reach upto 30% to 40%. Using Nano Technology to pulverize calciumcomponent-containing substances brings the particle size to smaller then18000000 mesh, which is at least 1000 times smaller then the particleproduced by the traditional pulverizing technology, which breaks theamino acids connection between calcium carbonate and collagen, which theabsorption rate to a human body can be as high as 99%. For solving theincreasing demand problems mentioned above, the present invention of themethod of producing an all-natural acid-neutralizing agent whichcontains substantial amount of calcium made from different shellfishes,an environmental friendly high speed and high press scraping treatmentis applied to the shellfishes to eliminate heavy metal contaminationaccumulated on the surface efficiently which reduced the time and labordramatically compare with labor washing and long time drying of thetraditional way.

The present invention of all-natural acid-neutralizing agent whichcontains substantial amount of calcium made from any of differentshellfishes and calcium carbonate-containing mineral or a combination ofsuch materials, is obtained by heating the calcium-containing substancesin an atmosphere of inactive gas and baking to or above the temperatureof from 1100 degree C. to 1300 degree C. for shellfishes, 375 degree C.for pearl, and 1500 degree C. for calcium carbonate-containing minerals,from 3 hours to 18 hours depend on substance treated.

When the acid-neutralizing agent mentioned above is Nano Technologypulverized, under the temperature of between −10 degree C. to −50 degreeC. to avoid dust explosion due to atom friction, and to have a maximumparticle diameter between 10 to the power of −7 to −9 after burned, itcan be easily dissolved into water, thereby enabling to further improveits acid-neutralizing effect, and natal calcium particles in this sizeare absorbable for human body up to 99%.

The baked shellfishes and minerals made from natural material or naturalingredient are described in No. 218 of the list of existing additives,which is defined in the revised version of the Food Hygiene Act and theNutrition Improvement Act as burned calcium (which mainly containscalcium compounds obtained by burning shells or the like). These areofficially recognized to be natural alkaline substances and safe for thehuman body. As a result of such structure, it is possible to fullyneutralizing or remarkably reduce the amount of acid level inside andoutside of fruits, vegetable, meat, poultry and even human and animalbody. Accordingly, regarding an acid-neutralizing agent according to thepresent invention, it is preferable for it to be used for conditioningdrinking water and beverages, neutralizing pesticide and chemicalfertilizer inside and on the surface of conventional grown fruits andvegetable, and as raw materials to produce health and skin care products

LIST OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1—Plow chart of method for producing acid-neutralizing agent

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The acid-neutralizing agent and the method of producing the sameaccording to the present invention will be explained in detail belowwith reference to the accompanying drawings, as exemplified by preferredembodiments.

The acid-neutralizing agent according to the embodiment of the presentinvention contains an active ingredient of a heat-treated calciumcomponent-containing substance. The calcium component-containingsubstance refers to a substance containing calcium or a calcium compoundsuch as calcium oxide, calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, calciumlactate, and calcium hydroxide.

The calcium component-containing substance is more desirable to use atleast one selected from a group consisting of calciumcarbonate-containing substances originating from the shellfishes, i.e.,Teliinidae, pearl, mother of pearl or the like, coral, calcium carbonatecontaining minerals, i.e. limestone or stalactite, and charcoal ofbamboo. Since the above materials are originally treated as waste orexist naturally, they are available inexpensively and exist abundantly.Therefore, it is possible to puce the acid-neutralizing agent at lowcost and, consequently, is possible to inexpensively supply a largeamount of the acid-neutralizing agent. Further, it is also possible todecree a burden to the environment because the amount of the wastedmaterials is reduced.

Among the above calcium carbonate-containing substances originating fromthe shellfishes, especially Telliniade, is used as the raw material, itis possible to obtain the acid-neutralizing agent of an excellentacid-neutralizing ability. Therefore, it is desirable to useshellfishes, in particular, the Telliniade.

Another desirable example of the calcium component-containing substanceis calcium carbonate-containing minerals, i.e., limestone, stalactite orthe like. Since they are all natural product, it is also possible toproduce the acid-neutralizing agent at low cost by using it.

The acid-neutralizing agent made by calcium component-containingsubstance is a mixture of several types of above materials after heattreatment. The acid-neutralizing agent according to the embodiment ofthe present invention is able to neutralize the number of the chemicalcompounds such as Diendrin, DDT, Growth Hormone and Antibiotics.

A method of producing the above acid-neutralizing agent will now beexplained with reference to FIG. 1 as a flow chart. The productionmethod comprises an environmental friendly high speed and high pressscraping Step 1 of scrubbing the surface of the calciumcomponent-containing substance. A crushing Step 2 of crushing thescrubbed calcium component-containing substance into 100 .mu.m to 20 mm.An optional freeze-drying treatment of Step 3 to dry completely thecalcium component-containing substance in the degree of −20 degree C.The freeze-drying Step 3 may be performed if necessary. Therefore, thestep is depicted with parentheses in FIG. 1. A heat treatment Step 4includes heating the calcium component-containing substance in anatmosphere of inactive gas, from 375 degrees C. to 1800 degrees C., from3 hours to 18 hours, depending upon the nature of the starting material,to decompose and ionize the calcium component-containing substances. Aregular pulverizing Step 5 of pulverizing the ionized calciumcomponent-containing substance to an average particle size of 500 mesh.A Nano Technology pulverizing Step 6 of pulverizing the calciumcomponent-containing substance into Nano size (particle size between 10to the power of −7 to −9, not lager then 180000000 mesh.). And, thefinal mixing Step 7 of mixing different calcium component-containingpowders in different percentages of formulations to produce products fordifferent applications.

Step 1—Environmental Friendly High Speed, High Pressure ScrapingProcedure to Eliminate Accumulated Heavy Metal Contamination on theSurface of Shellfishes

When the above calcium carbonate-containing substances originating fromthe shellfishes, i.e., at least one selected from the group consistingof Tellinidae, pearl, mother of pearl or the like, coral, calciumcarbonate-containing minerals, i.e. limestone or stalactite, surfacecontaminants adhered thereto are removed at first in the environmentalfriendly high speed and high press scraping Step 1 using equipmentcurrently available from KC Denmark. Without the scraping Step 1, theheavy metal contamination and malodor is generated in the heat treatmentStep 4. Originating from the pieces of meat, the organic matters or thelike which are adhered to the calcium carbonate containing substanceoriginating from the shellfishes, the residual matter remains in theacid-neutralizing agent in some cases. As a result, theacid-neutralizing ability of the acid-neutralizing agent is notexcellent in some cases. Further, a heat-generating element or the likeof a heat treatment apparatus may be damaged in a short period of time.

The scraping procedure of Step 1 includes mounting the shells in a fixedposition, and a high-pressure sandblasting step, using natural sand orpulverized granite, mixed with 5% to 7% of water, supplied with a nozzlepressure of 85 to 90 psi at or near room temperature, and a flow rate of1.5 GPM to 2.5 GPM. The required time is usually from 5 minutes to onehour, depending upon the nature and the amount of contamination. Theangle of impact can be varied during the procedure, to acceleratecomplete removal of all contaminants.

Step 2—Crushing the Calcium Component-Containing Substances into SmallParticles for more Efficient Result on Freeze-Drying Step 3 and HeatingStep 4

In this step, the calcium component-containing substance is reduced toan average particle size of 100 .mu.m to 20 mm.

Step 3 (Optional)—Freeze-Dry the Crushed Calcium Component-ContainingSubstance

When the calcium component-containing substance is crushed to have sucha particle size, the particles of the calcium component-containingsubstance are freeze-dried uniformly in a short period of time over therange from the surface thereof to the inside in the freeze dryingtreatment Step 3. If the calcium component-containing substance iscrushed to be larger than 20 mm, it will take longer to completely drythe calcium component-containing substance since the water inshellfishes is not removed yet at this stage.

It is not necessary to perform the freeze-drying Step 3 when shellfishesis used which has been left to stand for the elapse of time of not lessthan two years after removing a living body there from. The organicmatters or the like adhered to the surface of the clamshell aresubjected to efflorescence or deliquescence, thereby being spontaneouslyremoved. That is, when the above shellfishes are used as the rawmaterial, it is not necessary to perform the freeze-drying Step 3.

Step 4—Heat and Bake the Calcium Component-Containing Substance,Temperature and Time Depend on the Material Treated

Subsequently, in the heat treatment Step 4, the calciumcomponent-containing substances are heat-treated. The heat-treatedcalcium component-containing substances develop the acid-neutralizingability in an atmosphere of inactive gas. The inactive gas is preferablynitrogen. The temperature and the time of the heat treatment in Step 4are determined by type of the calcium component-containing substance tobe used as the raw material. For example, pearl is preferably heated for2 hours when the temperature reaches 375 degree C., to decompose some ofits calcium components, and then the temperature is increased to 1100degrees C. for one hour to ionize the calcium components, using theelectrons in the outer shell of the nitrogen gas.

Mother of pearl is preferably heated for 6 hours at a temperature of1100 degrees C. to decompose some of its calcium components, and thenthe temperature is increased to 1800 degrees C. for 4 hours to ionizethe calcium components, using the electrons in the outer shell of thenitrogen gas.

Teliinidae is preferably heated for 8 hours at a temperature of 1200degrees C., to decompose some of its calcium components, and then thetemperature is increased to 1800 degrees C. for 4 hours, to ionize thecalcium components, using the electrons in the outer shell of thenitrogen gas.

Coral is preferably heated for 8 hours at a temperature of 1300 degreesC., to decompose some of its calcium components, and then the temperateis increased to 1800 degrees C. for 6 hours, to ionize the calciumcomponents, using the electron in the outer shell of the nitrogen gas.

Limestone is preferably heated for 12 hours at a temperature of 1500degrees C., to decompose some of its calcium components, and then thetemperature is increased to 1800 degrees C., to ionize the calciumcomponents, using the electron in the outer shell of the nitrogen gas.

In each of the examples above, if the temperature were significantlylower then specified for each different substance; or if the heattreatment times were significantly less then specified, the maximumlevel of acid-neutralizing ability in the final product would not beobtained.

Step 5—Regular Pulverizing of the Calcium Component-ContainingSubstances to a Particle Size of 500 Mesh

Subsequently, in the regular pulverizing step 5, the calciumcomponent-coning substance is pulverized so as to obtain theacid-neutralizing agent until the average particle size thereof is 500mesh in the first stage of pulverizing.

Step 6—Nano Pulverizing Process the Calcium Component-MaintainingSubstance to a Particle Size of 18000000 Mesh

The Nano-Technology Pulverize process (equipment currently availablefrom Hsin-Fang Co., Ltd.), operates at temperature of −10 degree C. to−50 degree C. to avoid dust explosion due to atom friction, to theparticle size in between 10 to the power of −7 to −9 (18000000 mesh.).The Nano Technology pulverization to obtain fine particles necessarilyincreases the total surface area of the acid-neutralizing agent. Inother words, the contact area of molecules between the acid-neutralizingagent and the acid chemical compound is increased. Therefore, it ispossible to obtain a more excellent acid-neutralizing effect. Thetraditional pulverizing technologies which pulverize calciumcomponent-containing substances normally to the particle size of 18000mesh (1 um) the maximum. Which calcium carbonate and collagen are stillcombined and stay in bigger molecule state. Therefore, even the moleculecontains amine acids, the absorption to a human body can only reach upto 30% to 40%. Using Nano Technology to pulverize calciumcomponent-containing substances brings the particle size to smaller then18000000 mesh (0.001 um), which is at least 1000 times smaller then theparticle produced by the traditional pulverizing technology, whichbreaks the amine acids connection between calcium carbonate andcollagen, which the absorption rate to a human body can be as high as99%.

Step 7—Mixing Different Calcium Component-Containing Powders inDifferent Percentage of Formulations for Different Applications

Accordingly, to different percentage of formulations of mixing the finepowder, regarding an acid-neutralizing agent according to the presentinvention, it is preferable for it to be used for conditioning drinkingwater and beverages for human body to neutralize acids in blood and bodyfluid, neutralizing pesticide and chemical fertilizer inside and on thesurface of conventional grown fruits and vegetable, chemical compoundssuch as growing hormone and antibiotic of poultry and meat, chemicalcontamination of shellfishes and fish, and as raw materials to producehealth and skin care products for humans and animals.

The following Examples are meant to illustrate suitable formulas withoutlimiting the scope of the invention. The inventive result is obtained byadding the agent of the invention to any drink formula, any shampoo, andany gum care product.

-   1. The formula of drink containing the acid-neutralizing agent of    the invention.    -   Pure Honey 70%    -   Malt Dexrin 10%    -   Calcium Containing Acid Neutralizing Agent 20%-   2. The formula of shampoo containing the acid-neutralizing agent of    the invention.    -   Calcium Containing Acid Neutralizing Agent 9%    -   Pearl Powder 1%    -   Glycerin 10%    -   Coconut Oil 8%    -   Aqua 10.3%    -   Palmitic Acid 10%    -   Myristic Acid 8%    -   Stearic Acid 8%    -   Sorbitol 8%    -   Propylene Glycol 8%    -   Sodium Hydroxide 6.5%    -   Lauric Acid 6%    -   Sucrose 6%    -   Sage Essential Oil 1%    -   Sodium Chloride 0.2%-   3. The formula of gum care product containing the acid-neutralizing    agent of the invention.    -   Calcium Containing Acid Neutralizing Agent 8%    -   Calcium Carbonate 76.28%    -   Sodium Monofluorophosphate 0.79%    -   Sirica SI02 18%    -   Flavor Oil 1.5%    -   Galla Chinensis 1.5%    -   Sodium Lauryl Sulfate 3.43%

1. A method of producing an acid-neutralizing agent comprising: scrapinga calcium-containing material, to eliminate heavy metals and othercontamination accumulated on the surface; crushing the material to asmall particle size; heating the crushed materials at very hightemperatures to cause ionization; and then nano-pulverizing theresulting material to form a very fine powder.
 2. The method of claim 1wherein the calcium-containing material is selected from limestone,stalactite, charcoal of bamboo, and various seashells, includingTellinidae, pearl mother of pearl, and coral.
 3. The method of claim 1wherein the scaping procedure includes a high-pressure sandblasting stepat 85 to 90 psi.
 4. An acid-g agent produced in accordance with themethod of claim
 1. 5. An acid-neutralizing agent produced in accordancewith the method of claim
 2. 6. An acid-neutralizing agent produced inaccordance with the method of claim
 3. 7. A drink containing the saidacid-neutralizing agent mixed with natural honey crystal.
 8. A shampoocontaining the said acid-neutralizing agent with natural ingredients. 9.The shampoo according to claim 8, wherein the said natural ingredients,includes Pearl Powder, Glycerin, Coconut Oil, Aqua, Palmitic Acid,Myristic Acid, Stearic Acid, Sorbitol, Propylene Glycol, SodiumHydroxide, Lauric Acid, Sucrose, Sage Essential Oil, Sodium Chloride orthe like.
 10. The formula of shampoo according to claim 9, wherein theshampoo is formed in liquid gel form, bar form, or powder form.
 11. Aformula of gum care product containing the said acid-neutralizing agentand natural ingredients.
 12. The formula of gum care product accordingthe claim 11, wherein the said neutral ingredients, besides the saidacid-neutralizing at include Calcium Carbon Sodium Monoflourophosphate,Sirica SI02, Flavor Oil, Galla Chinensis, Sodium a Sulfite or the like.13. The formula of gum care product according to claim 12, wherein thegum care product can be formed in liquid gel form or powder form. 14.The formula of gum care according to the claim 12, wherein the oralcavity and ability of preventing and cure gum disease such asPeridontosis.
 15. The formula of gum care product according to claim 16,wherein the gum care product contains calcium ions that are absorbableby gum and oral cavity.
 16. A method for removing surface from seashellsand other calcium-containing materials, comprising the step of impactingthe surface of said materials with a high-speed, high-pressure stream ofsand.